The Rich Culture in Dominica

In 1492 when Christopher Columbus made it to the western hemisphere, he landed in the Bahamas where there were many Native American tribes living on different islands in the area. There were the Eastern Taino, the Western Taino, the “classic” Taino’s, and other small Native American peoples. Christopher Columbus happened to land on the island with the Western Taino. The Western Taino were the most peaceful of the three Taino, as well as the most complex Native American group in the area and they heavily relied on agriculture, fishing, and hunting. They welcomed Columbus and his men without thinking and were helpful in aiding the Europeans’ recovery from their long voyage from Europe. The Classic Tainos were the largest group in

Before Spain invaded Puerto Rico, the native population known as the Taino inhabited it. At the beginning of the 1500’s, the Taino were conquered by the Spanish and, after a

Taino indians were the indigenous group that lived in the Caribbean Islands that consisted of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Puerto Rico before Christopher Columbus arrived in the new world. Columbus’ conquest and founding of Puerto Rico resulted in the genocide of the Tainos. Due to this atrocity, right now there is only a small percentage of people on the island who are descendants of the Taino lineage.

Haiti, the small country located west of the Dominican Republic, is a unique and beautiful country with its own unique culture and geography. The people of Haiti are proud of their country and their culture. Even though the nation is plagued by earthquakes and storms, due to its geographic location, it does not stop the Haitian people from continuing their unique culture and happy lifestyle. Taking a look at this country’s culture and geography, anyone, civilian, military or political personnel can fully grasp and understand the country’s uniqueness.

The Dominican Republic and Haiti are close in geography, but not much else. Both countries exist in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. But historically they rarely see eye to eye. Before the discovery of the new world the island of Hispaniola was occupied by an indigenous group of people called the Tainos, who were descendants of the Arawaks (Corbett). The Tainos were originally from South America. According to Corbett, many Tainos were killed by

3. Caribs lived on the island before the Europeans arrived. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493. The British took control of the island in 1672.

In his voyage he came upon the Caribbean Islands, and a Native American tribe called the Taino. When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) the Taino Indians were gentle and peaceful and traded with Columbus. Christopher Columbus took the Native Americans for

The Dominican Republic, located on the Caribbean island of Hispanola, is rich and vibrant. Geographically the country spans over two-thirds of the island, with Haiti as its neighbor. There are approximately 10,000,000 people inhabiting the Dominican Republic since the seventh century. The initial inhabitants were indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino. The ancestors of the Taino came to the Caribbean from South America, therefore many of the traditions, culture, and modes of communication of the Dominican are rooted in South America. Through examining the history, ecology, technology, biology, institutional networks, interpersonal and intercultural communication of the Dominican Republic people one can gain a deeper understanding of

Puerto Rico's local Taíno population whose hunter and gatherer predecessors settled the island over 1,000 years previously the Spanish arrived called it Borinquén, and referred to themselves as boricua, a term that is as yet utilized today. Amid his second expedition to the Indies in 1493, Christopher Columbus restored a few Taíno prisoners to Borinquén and asserted the island for Spain, calling it San Juan Bautista. In 1508, Juan Ponce de León established the main European settlement, Caparra, close to a bay on the island's northern drift; Caparra was renamed Puerto Rico or "rich port" in 1521.

Whose land is whose? October 12, 1492 in Salvador Bahamas Columbus interacted with natives. Who were expanding from South America across the coast. They were Taino, Arawakas these natives migrated from Jamaica, Cuba and Puerto Rico. These individuals were in vas numbers living in the West Indies in South, North, and Central America. I will be expressing some entries from Christopher Columbus personal journal.

Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, consists of the mainland and various smaller islands. Puerto Rico gained possession of a few minor islands including the islands of Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, Caja de Muertos, and Vieques. Out of these five islands, Culebra and Vieques are the most well known. These two islands are also sometimes called the Spanish Virgin islands, or Passage Islands because they are apart of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. These islands belonged to Spain before the Spanish-American War in 1898. These two islands were majorly used to establish military bases. Culebras and Vieques have off-shore islands as well, but they do not attribute to the importance of the borders of Puerto Rico. Overall, the Culebras and

I am writing this journal for you so that you will always know our heritage and where you ancestors came from. We may be United States citizens but our culture and homeland is elsewhere. Somewhere I am hoping you will one day visit. Here is a little bit of history about our dear homeland. The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the

Before Britain arrived the island of Antigua was filled with natives. For example,“Later, A.D. 1200-1300, two Amerindian societies with opposing lifestyles coexisted; the peaceful and pottery-making Arawaks, and the fierce and warlike Caribs. Arawaks came here for clay, a resource in short supply elsewhere

The history of the Dominican Republic formation is first dated back to The Taino’s, which split up the island into five territories and chiefdoms. A major event of the country’s formation was in 1492 when in his first voyage Christopher Columbus’s discovered and claimed it. Columbus’s exploration triggered Spanish takeover of the American mainland and the Caribbean. Due to the French taking control of the western third of the island, that part of the island became known as Haiti in 1804. The Dominican Republic tried to gain its own independence in 1821 but failed for 22 years due to the Haitians taking the island over until 1844 when it gained its own independence. But they willingly returned to the Spanish Empire in 1861. Due to voluntarily

The evolution of Caribbean Literature started centuries before the Europeans graced these shores and continues to develop today. Quite noticeably, it developed in a manner which transcended all language barriers and cultures. Today the languages of the Caribbean are rooted in that of the colonial powers - France, Britain, Spain and Holland - whose historical encounters are quite evident throughout the region. The cosmopolitan nature of the region's language and cultural diversity develop from the mixture of European languages with Native American languages (mainly the Caribs and Arawaks) in the formation of creoles and local patois (hybrid languages) and those of Africans brought to the Caribbean as